Tyler Voss's RV-8

[Yazaman]

Now I start the side panels.

here you see the electric trim indicators, flaps, Mags and ELT.

(Zip ties are used for routing wires, they will not be used in the final install. They can cut into insulation over time if they are too tight. I will be replacing them with wax string tie)

[Yazaman]

here is the right side.

Rheostats for Com, and lighting.

2 others are the switching for the EIS. An EIS installed is for a 2cyl so I had to take the inputs from 4 and put it into a switch to change the inputs. EGT's and CHT's

Red button... Starter

[Yazaman]

here is the power before.. not bad but the solder was falling off on the back of the fuses and some of the switches.. time to upgrade.



This wont fit into the panel the old one went to so I did some modifications to it. I also wanted to install some other CB's on the front for easy access and simplicity.

the 2 breakers you see installed (40amp for the Alternator Feed and an 8 amp for the Generator Feed)

I may change the way the gen feeds the system in the event of an Alternator fail. but that is still floating in the back of my head for now.



so I took it apart and made an extension to the existing and mounted the board above the metal on stands. also had to offset the board from the panel to make it fit the angles of the Gear tower.



the product as it is now.. I think I will have at least 2 more CB's to install for 12 power source and lighting.

[Yazaman]

Moving on to the paint and glass work... Here you can see that the tips are not painted and the Tail tips are blue.. Weird color against a grey plane.

going black.

[Yazaman]

Wheel Pants need some help..

they were broken, cracked and scraped up as if they were slammed on to a gravel field.

there was one side that had about 4 inches of Glass completely broken out of the aft end behind the tire so I had to fill that in as well.

get out the glass and here we go.







Re-Painted and I put a Coat of Spray on Bed liner to the bottom of the pants to help with the "Contact" or any other debris that could damage them.

[Yazaman]

Cowing needed some help as well. the ring that holds the back of the spinner was digging into the cowing so I back filled the back of the Cowling 360 Degrees then ground down the face of it with both halves together to get an even front. Little body fill and fit well!

Wing tips were also worked on a bit doing some filling and repair of a few minor cracks. Also Installed the Antenna in the Right Tip.

[Yazaman]

Engine Cooling baffle...




Oil cooler mount, broken in multiple places, the previous fix was broken.
Time to rebuild and do something different.

I decided to remake the Oil Cooler bracket out of something a bit more stout, .050 Stainless. I received help from work on this one. They have better equipment to make it right.

The amount of help I have received from around base has been outstanding!




that looked good then decided to just disassemble the rest and replace all of the cowing seal. Put in new rivets and new aluminum.

Then got aggravated when I saw I could have bought an entire set online for about 200 bucks or so...

I have yet to finish it, but I will when other projects get done first.

[Yazaman]

Pulled the grounded bird out to give'r a bit of a run.. no fire.

Fuel good, new mag and ignition switches... not even a sputter.
A look at my wiring and questioned how things were hooked up. I know mags need to be grounded to shut them down, and I figured the same for ignition, I was wrong...

Gave ignition 12v and a ground, bet she'll fire now, Ill try again next weekend.

Also had no indication on CHT so I have a new set coming from GRT this week.

had to rip up my engine harness to get it c/w, oh well, I wanted to fix some things any way.

on a lighter note,

The Shell 77 memorial will be on base and if I am not mistaken, it will be open to the public. I spoke with the Wing Commander and he would love to have it on the ramp next to the tankers. Also, in the works is possibly a Fly-over with the tankers.. we shall see, he is working the details.

I have lots to do in the next few weeks so more to come.

[jarhead]

Originally Posted by Yazaman

The Shell 77 memorial will be on base and if I am not mistaken, it will be open to the public. I spoke with the Wing Commander and he would love to have it on the ramp next to the tankers. Also, in the works is possibly a Fly-over with the tankers.. we shall see, he is working the details.

I have lots to do in the next few weeks so more to come.

Thanks so much for what you're doing. 3 May 13 was a sad day for all of us tanker folks, not just the -135 community.

[Yazaman]

Started October 2013 by the way

I was too busy no cracking the canopy while cutting the wind screen out to take pictures of that process... so here it the first fitment.